PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU - Makanda, Joseph
AU - Matambo, Emmanuel
AU - Mncibi, Vumile
TI - The Syrian Conflict and “Women Terrorists”
AID - 10.1525/caa.2018.000014
DP - 2018 Mar 01
TA - Contemporary Arab Affairs
PG - 235--252
VI - 11
IP - 1-2
4099 - http://caa.ucpress.edu/content/11/1-2/235.short
4100 - http://caa.ucpress.edu/content/11/1-2/235.full
AB - Studies on terrorism have often taken the usual bias towards studying and analyzing phenomena from a male-dominated perspective. The current article looks at jihadi feminism as a growing trend in contemporary terrorism. The paper argues that there is an increase of women from both traditionally Muslim and traditionally non-Muslim regions joining ISIS and taking part in the Syrian war on the side of Islamic extremists. The paper argues that women from Western countries, because of their understanding of feminism, are more combatant in championing religious terrorism than are women who have been brought up in Islamic role, who see their role mainly as that of helper of terrorist activists rather than active participants.